Tyson Foerster scored the tie-breaking goal with 45.2 seconds left to send the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-2 road victory over the Florida Panthers on Wednesday in Sunrise, Fla.
Emil Andrae added a goal and an assist for Philadelphia, which rallied from a 2-0 deficit to post its third win in four games. Matvei Michkov and Sean Couturier also scored for the Flyers, while Dan Vladar made 25 saves.
Brad Marchand and Carter Verhaeghe scored for two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida, which had won five of its previous seven contests. Sam Bennett set up both Panthers goals, while Sergei Bobrovsky turned aside 14 shots.
With the game tied at 2-2 with under a minute remaining, Foerster took a shot from above the right circle that was blocked by Florida defenseman Aaron Eckblad, who went down injured on the play. The puck caromed right back to Foerster, whose second shot evaded some traffic and beat Bobrovsky for his team-leading eighth goal of the season.
Philadelphia controlled the action off the ensuing faceoff, forcing Bobrovsky to remain in the net. Just 21 seconds after Foerster’s goal, Couturier scored in front to make it 4-2.
Marchand opened the scoring 5:21 into the contest, burying his team-leading 14th goal off a feed from Bennett.
Verhaeghe’s tally made it 2-0 early in the second period. Bennett tried to tuck one in from the doorstep, but the puck slid across to the opposite circle, where Verhaeghe slammed it home for his fourth of the year.
Philadelphia responded less than three minutes later on Andrae’s first of the season. The Swedish defenseman flipped one from the blue line that snuck through traffic and got past Bobrovsky.
Less than four minutes later, Andrae took another shot from a similar spot on the ice and Michkov deflected it for his sixth of the campaign.
Vladar was slow to get up after a collision with Marchand midway through the third period, but he remained in the game following a brief visit from the trainer.
Florida had a power play with under eight minutes left in the contest after Bobby Brink committed a hooking penalty. Marchand had the best opportunity on that man advantage, but he flubbed a one-timer from the doorstep.
–Field Level Media
